Improvement in modes of securing pockets to traveling-bag partitions



HENRY BRAUNHOLD.

Improvement in Fastening Pockets to Traveling Bag Partitions.

117,858. 3 3 v Patgnted August a, 1871.

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HENRY BRAUNHOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MODES 0F SECURING PUCKETS TI] TRAVELING-BAG PARIITIONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,858, dated August 8, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BRAUNHOLD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fastenings for Carpet-Bag Partitions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which draw- 1ng Figure 1 is a face view of the partition prepared to receive the pocket. Fig. 2 represents a section of this invention in the plane indicated by the line a; 00, Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 3 is another section of the same in the plane y g Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the arrangement of slits cut into a traveling-bag partition to receive the ends of the closing flap and of the sides of the pocket, said ends being glued or pasted to the back of said partition in such a manner that the nails or tacks generally used for fastening said parts to the partition can be dispensed with, and thereby much time and labor are saved, and at the same time a good finish is obtained for the pocket and the pocket is rendered strong and durable.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the partition of a traveling-bag, satchel, trunk, or other article of a similar nature, to which a pocket, B, is secured. Such partitions are usually made of pasteboard, and the parts which compose the pocket are secured to the partition by strips of muslin, which are fastened to the partition by nails or tacks, and this mode of fastening not only requires much time and labor, but it also injures the finish or appearance of the article when the same is ready. Instead of using nails or tacks for fastening the pockets to the partitions, I provide each partition with three slits, a b, which are produced by suitable punches, (see Fig. 1,) and through these slits I draw strips 0 c of muslin or other tough and flexible material. The strip 0 forms the end of the closing flaps O of the pocket, and after having been drawn through the slit a it is pasted to the back of the partition A, as seen in Fig. 2, while the strips 0 form the sides of the pocket, (see Fig. 3,) and they are drawn through the slits b and glued at one edge to the back of the partition and at the opposite edge to the front I), or said strips may form the continuation of the front D. The strip of muslin which serves to secure the bottom edge of the front D may be secured to the partition A by tacks, and I have represented it in the drawing fastened by such means, in order to show the differencebetween my mode of fastening and that ordinarily practiced. After the front D and the closing flap O of the pocket have thus been secured in position the partition is covered with paper of suitable color, so as to conceal the edges gt the strips 0 c and to give to the whole a good nish.

By these means a strong and durable fastening for the pocket of a travelingbag partition is obtained, the time and labor required for fastening such pocket by nails or tacks are saved,

of June, 1871.

HENRY BRAUNHOLD.

Witnesses W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

